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April Fool Game at CD-WOW - £1 voucher for correct answer, £2 for all
Welcome to our April Fool Game, where we may have listed some famous April Fool's Day hoaxes.
Simply select a true or false answer for each question. Each correct answer gets a £1 voucher, and get them all correct and you get a £2 voucher.
1. Spaghetti trees: The BBC television programme Panorama ran a famous hoax in 1957, showing the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees.
True False
2. Left Handed Whoppers: In 1998, Burger King ran an ad in USA Today, saying that people could get a Whopper for left-handed people whose condiments were designed to drip out of the right side.
True False
3. Taco Liberty Bell: In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell."
True False
4. San Serriffe: The Guardian printed a supplement in 1977 praising this fictional resort, its two main islands (Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse), its capital (Bodoni), and its leader (General Pica).
True False
5. Metric time: Repeated several times in various countries, this hoax involves claiming that the time system will be changed to one in which units of time are based on powers of 10.
True False
6. Smell-o-vision: In 1965, the BBC purported to conduct a trial of a new technology allowing the transmission of odor over the airwaves to all viewers.
True False
7. Tower of Pisa: The Dutch television news reported once in the 1950s that the Tower of Pisa had fallen over. Many shocked people contacted the station.
True False
8. Reducing Road Rage: BMW announced in UK Papers a "Toot and Calm Horn" (after Tutankhamun), which calms rather than aggravates other drivers, so reducing the risk of road rage,
True False
9. BBC Radio 2: The Jeremy Vine Show reported that Germany had pulled out of the Euro but, as the German Mark was no longer in existence, they were in negotiations to join the British pound.
True False
10. Sydney Olympics: Australian radio station Triple M breakfast show The Cage announced in 2002 that Athens had lost the 2004 Summer Olympics because they couldn't be ready in time and that Sydney would have to host it again.
True False
11. Defying gravity: In 1976, British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore told listeners of BBC Radio 2 that unique alignment of two planets would result in an upward gravitational pull making people lighter at precisely 9:47 a.m. that day. He invited his audience to jump in the air and experience "a strange floating sensation."
True False
12. TV viewings: In 2005, TV 3 Estonia broadcasted a news story, where the station claimed that thanks to a new technology, they knew exactly how much they are being viewed at the moment. They also asked viewers to put a coin against their TV screens if they liked the running broadcast.
True False
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| Please if anybody could list the correct answers.... |
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I'm confused about the wording for the vouchers, does this mean you would get 12 x £2 vouchers for getting them all right? Or 12 x £1 for getting each one right, plus an extra £2 voucher? Or maybe even just a single £2 voucher instead of a load of £1 vouchers  |
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| ghbradshaw wrote: | | I'm confused about the wording for the vouchers, does this mean you would get 12 x £2 vouchers for getting them all right? Or 12 x £1 for getting each one right, plus an extra £2 voucher? Or maybe even just a single £2 voucher instead of a load of £1 vouchers |
It's April Fools' Day, so you are lucky if you get anything out of this 
BTW: I think they mean that if you answer them all, you get a £2 voucher as a bonus.... |
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| Quote: | | All vouchers must be redeemed within 7 days of issue date |
Hope there are some decent bargains around during that time!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| anyone been sent an e-mail giving you vouchers? i've not yet. i know it says wait 10 days, but i jsut wondered if anyone had gotten theirs? |
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| Nope... |
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Sarah@Rpoints
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Well, no £2 voucher here, however a dozen £1 vouchers just arrived instead! 
438e-75257-3c3c1-62b78
af90b-68c55-c797a-da0dc
ed70d-bbd85-935e7-3621c
b6c3f-928d3-c5550-d3d5b
c688d-b65ec-be080-7a84b
7a226-f4f8d-68061-52429
a2e33-c1c0c-736ec-90b2b
bde40-35d9a-9a2d7-b21ce
9aff1-c6698-14d47-4a8fc
2f2ee-cc6c2-249d9-1c9fb
Edit: Woohoo £2 voucher now arrived separately! 
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I've had 12 £1 vouchers as well, no £2 voucher yet though??
Anyone know if I can use them all at once? |
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Dave609
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Well, no £2 voucher ever arrived, despite getting all the answers correct (but heyho).
I have a few £1 vouchers, I'm not going to be able to use them all (CDWow simply don't have enough cheap stuff that I want), so here they are if anyone is interested:
bdb9d-c5aa0-8b596-6e3e7
46b18-f997e-5f2d9-fecc9
c4ee3-66023-24287-be849
2b686-7a517-deda7-7682b
8f467-d5c78-2489b-c4bb3
ed0ee-b362d-87840-db63a
3f09a-2fd18-24f67-7f27d
There's only a few days left before they expire, so be quick, and if you do use one, please be kind enough to post which you you've used. |
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Few more £1 vouchers, be quick they expire tomorrow midnight!
b37c1-af77f-d1299-1f3e8
3d578-2619b-a0483-88008
57529-e23b1-94ef2-42cf6
fdcf7-3887c-39ad9-649d3
4acbe-4923e-83ddb-4f0c0
17229-6c466-6cbaa-32392
b55aa-5390a-6158d-fdc87
ed6b1-97ee2-d3838-a0e72
47661-a4ad2-b025b-74bda
bac6e-506de-ecbe2-12197
32a90-81ad4-44e8d-30787
aa351-6e967-8515b-e5010
4a8ac-8c9dc-989e2-24564
502a3-cce03-127d8-a91d1
1be30-cee2e-1796b-70fc5
abc0a-6a1e3-20f42-9885b
14c8b-98448-bbc09-41c94
38551-87875-5e763-53d7e
b1d4b-1c304-e56b8-9e14f
a591f-ebd4b-29554-e01cb
78727-b1f37-f4730-b89cb
7ed3a-f6f08-61b9d-8ab6a
c5d37-69509-ebb30-71941
c36ec-fca73-fa19d-c8378
446ea-42481-d0d89-aeaea
ea65a-cf236-93bca-fe1d0
ef703-bc299-40f09-bd2ff
36f8c-1a95c-29572-e3c37
edbcc-e55f4-ba2db-4d696
f1bdb-10982-b1aea-d1449
878ce-2393e-36dfd-b98b4
263d4-fce81-8384f-5aabf
3f303-545d9-f95aa-2995d
2380f-8d175-27b2e-12f13
4940e-58a38-c0213-7039b
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